Small Schools: Big Issues Forum

The Australian Council for Educational Research, Institute and The University of Western Australia hosted ‘Small Schools: Big Issues’. The Forum was led by Professor Helen Wildy (UWA) and Dr Michelle Anderson (ACER) and facilitated by Mr Richard Pengelly (UWA). A keynote address was given by Professor John Halsey (Flinders University, SA).

Below are the video links and feedback from the ‘Small Schools: Big Issues’ Forum (24 May 2010). We hope that you find these materials helpful in continuing the conversations from the Forum with your colleagues. Once again, our thanks to you for your enthusiastic participation in the day and support to bring the Forum to fruition. If there are ways we can partner or assist you pursue the issues discussed at the Forum, we would be delighted to do so.

1.  Introduction to ‘Small Schools: Big Issues’ and launch of ‘A Collective Act: Leading a small school’

2.  Q&A with delegates

3.  Keynote Presentation (Prof John Halsey and introduced by Dr Michelle Anderson)

4.  Forum roundtable discussion – Three facilitated rounds of ‘roundtable discussions’ were held during the day. Read why and how these were conducted and a summary of the feedback.

Roundtable discussion feedback

5.  A Collective Act: Leading a small school

Michelle Anderson, Michelle Davis, Peter Douglas, David Lloyd, Barrey Niven & Hilary Thiele ACER Press 2010
A Collective Act: Leading a small school explores the characteristics of, the context for, and the challenges to successful leadership. It identifies what the research says about small school leadership and then tells five compelling stories of leading in such settings, from across Australia. Together, the research and the cases present a strong argument for better understanding this distinct context of leadership.
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